The draft Withdrawal Agreement translates into legal terms the Joint report from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom government on the progress achieved during phase 1 of the negotiations, and proposes text for those outstanding withdrawal issues which are mentioned in the joint report. It also integrates the text on the transition period.<\/p>\n
The draft withdrawal Agreement consists of six parts – including introductory provisions, citizens’ rights, other separation issues such as goods placed on the market before the withdrawal date, the financial settlement, transitional arrangements, and institutional provisions – and a protocol on Ireland\/Northern Ireland. This protocol operationalises the third option outlined in the joint report, in order to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland. This is the fall-back solution of the joint report, which applies in the absence of other agreed solutions.<\/p>\n
It will be published online in accordance with the European transparency policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"